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Hyla nasuta, rocket frogBMNH 1947.2.22.81, formerly 1936.12.3.192. F, adult. Spirit specimen. Collected by John Gilbert at Port Essington [1840-1841]. Designated holotype of Pelodytes nasutus Gray, 1842
Zingiber officinale, ginger
Pyrocephalus rubinus nanus, vermilion flycatcherPlate 7, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41). This is not one of Darwins finches
Silk Cotton tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
H. M. S. Challenger, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Frederick F. Geach and Alfred Russel Wallace (right)Photographed in 1862 this photograph shows Wallace with Frederick Geach, a mining engineer, who Wallace met in Timor in 1861. Geach became one of Wallaces closest friends
Columba palumbus, woodpigeonPlate 23 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Balistoides conspicillum, clown triggerfishA close up of plate 178 (LS) from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton
Ara ararauna, blue-and-yellow macawLarge Series plate 27, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Thunbergia grandiflora, blue trumpet vinePlate 739 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
LS Plate 186 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Lorius garrulus, chattering loryPlate 44, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Aetobatus narinari, spotted eagle rayLS Plate 190 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 80 of the Reeves Collection (Zoology)LS Plate 80 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856
LS Plate 158 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 146 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 122 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 90 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Amphiroa - Anatomy of calycophoridaePlate 5 from The Oceanic Hydrozoa 1859 by T. H. Huxley
Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemum. Plate 582 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Thespia tiliaceousPlate 781 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
LS Plate 193 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
LS Plate 14 from the John Reeves CollectionLarge Series plate 14, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Balsamodendron myrrah, myrrh gum treePlate 60 from Medicinal Plants by Robert Bentley & Henry Trimen, Vol 1 1880. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Porzana parva, little crakePlate 90 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Ananas spPlate 929 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Paeonia cvPlate 2 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
LS Plate 151 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 136 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary PeriodPlate II from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Plate 77 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Strombus gigas, queen conchPlate 2. Watercolour by Jean Charles Chenu from his Illustrations Conchyliologiques, part 17 (1843)
Plate 116 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
LS Plate 179 from the John Reeves Collection
Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)Portrait of Elizabeth Twining, a botanical artist and author. Frontispiece from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining
Rastrelliger kanagurta, Indian mackerelPlate 33 by Louis-Isidore Duperrey from his Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, 1826
Smooth-necked iguana designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Banyan tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)Portrait of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, a Belgian naturalist who travelled to Brazil with the zoologist Spix to gather specimens for his herbarium
Jumnos ruckeri Saunders (Lamellicornia) (large beetles in cePlate 17 from Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)
Sturnus vulgaris, European starlingPlate 159 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Plecotus darjilingensis, paskan (with skull and stomach)No. 9. Plecotus darjilingensis taken from Drawings of Mammalia [press mark Z 88 ff H] by B.H. Hodgson
Meleagris gallopavo, wild turkeyOriginal oil painting on canvas by Robert Havell, (c. 1835), 128cm x 171cm
Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865)Portrait of Sir William Jackson Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854
Shell mosaicA Victorian (1819-1901) shell mosaic thought to be originally covered in glass and hung as a wall ornament. On display in the Marine Invertebrates Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London
Psidium pyriferum, red guavaIllustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Caryophyllus aromaticus, clovePlate 64 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London
Prunus sp. large common whiteheart cherryIllustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Gros bigarreau commun